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Gut & Digestive Health

Probiotics and Gut Health: Q & A with J Biggs BSc, NCP, OHP

Gut & Digestive Health

Probiotics and Gut Health: Q & A with J Biggs BSc, NCP, OHP

Over the years in the stores, one of the areas that our clientele have had the most questions about is probiotics. In this blog, I sit down with Jo...

Inflammation

How to Protect Both Your Lungs & Immunity at the Same Time

Life on earth started with bacteria, which were, and are fully dependent on always having an external source of food energy [1] (If the food runs o...

Botanicals

Welcome to Earth's Aromatique!

At Optimum Health and Kolya (OHK), what goes on your skin matters just as much as what goes into your body. Our ethos is simple: support sustainabl...

Well-Being

The Hidden Truth Behind Health Canada’s New NHP Regulations

If you had a new idea about something that you thought no one, or very few people had ever had, you might call that a "novel" idea, and you might t...

Brain & Cognition

Acetyl-L-Carnitine: A Brain Boosting Powerhouse

A common question regarding carnitine is what is the difference between L-Carnitine and Acetyl-L-Carnitine? (For ease of reading in this article, A...

Brain & Cognition

A Game-Changing Supplement for University Students, Teachers & Healthcare Workers

Are you a post-secondary student or an individual whose job requires frequent interaction with the public, and want to keep your immune response st...

Well-Being

Clear Actionable Steps You Can Take to Help NHPs!

In George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Ministry of Truth was actually serving the opposite purpose. Given the extent to which Health Canada...

Travel

Info you can use: Tips for Better Travelling and Skipped Meals

As we have talked about in several past blogs, three things that I never travel without are oregano oil, colloidal silver spray and Optimum Immunit...

Well-Being

Enjoying your Natural Health Products?...Not For Long!

“So despite the fact that Canada has the best natural health product (NHP) regulations in the world, despite mandatory testing for pur...

Well-Being

What is Health Canada doing to Natural Health Products...Again??!!

Health Canada (HC) recently achieved what I'm sure they consider to be a great coup on Natural Health Products (NHPs), which is to categorize NHP's...

Inflammation

Strategies for Convalescence After Long-Covid

DISCLAIMER: People often look to me and ask for advice regarding natural products, so when I find ones that are especially effective I like to pas...

Hormonal Health

Men! You Don't Have To Lose Your Strength Over 50yrs

Photo taken May 2023. 57 years, 11 months. Bench Press: 275 lbs 3x - video recorded May 2023. As we age chronologically, many of us accept that...

Hormonal Health

Congested Liver? Low Thyroid? How Xenoestrogens Affect Us All

Last week we talked about how seasonal allergies can put a load on the liver, and in turn how a congested liver can worsen allergies, particularly ...